![]() ![]() But the studio that “dripped blood” also employed some highly acclaimed actresses during its reign including Bette Davis, Tallulah Bankhead and Joan Fontaine. Hammer is widely known for featuring beautiful, voluptuous, and scantily clad young women in many of their films. ![]() As a Hammer fan and a Fontaine admirer, I thought October would be the perfect month to share my appreciation and affection for The Witches. One of the most widely dismissed and misunderstood Hammer films is the occult thriller The Witches (aka The Devil’s Own 1966) featuring the Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine in what would be her last starring film role. The diversity and sheer volume of the studio’s output was impressive and this has occasionally led to some of their lesser-seen films being overlooked because they didn’t live up to critic’s expectations or they followed a less conventional path than many horror fans had become accustomed to. Few things invoke autumn and the Halloween spirit in me as strongly as the stylized gothic horror films made by Hammer. ![]()
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